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Definitions for Heckle

[1] to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
[2] hackle1(def 7) .
[3] hackle1(def 5) .
[4] to interrupt (a public speaker, performer, etc) by comments, questions, or taunts
[5] Also: hackle , hatchel (tr) to comb (hemp or flax)
[6] an instrument for combing flax or hemp

Words related to Heckle

pester, bully, tease, rattle, taunt, ridicule, interrupt, embarrass, hound, badger, discomfit, disturb, gibe, faze, bother, disconcert, bait, plague, torment, disrupt

Words nearby Heckle

hechsher, hecht, hecht's pneumonia, heck, heckelphone, heckle, heckuva, hect-, hectare, hectic, hecto-

Origin of Heckle

1275–1325; Middle English hekelen, variant of hechelen to comb flax; akin to hackle1, hatchel

Other words from Heckle

heck·ler , noun

Word origin for Heckle

C15: Northern and East Anglian form of hackle

Synonyms for Heckle

badger, bully, embarrass, hound, interrupt, pester, rattle, ridicule, taunt, tease, bait, bother, chivy, dis, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, faze, gibe, plague, ride, torment, worry, shout at